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Ask YC: Would you rather have 1,000 True Fans, or 1,000,000 casual users? - tomh
So we've probably all read over Kevin Kelly's idea of 1,000 True Fans - I'm putting up a link to one of his posts on the subject here:<p>http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/04/the_reality_of.php<p>So, the question to you all: wo... | {
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Ask YC: What do you think of Boulder Colorado as a startup hub? - deltapoint
What are the highlights of Boulder Colorado as a startup hub?
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noodle
its a good environment. much better than most. i know a few people working on
startups there. there's VC and incubators there, as well as a tech sector.
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Airpnp: Airbnb for finding a place to pee - nishankkhanna
http://airpnp.co/
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willary
I was going to add some in my area but have no facebook.
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Ask HN: How to deal with anxiety and fear of loosing your job? - codesternews
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nobodyandproud
Live beneath your means and build towards a multi-year buffer. This is
definitely possible if you’re making a SWE income or better, as long your
housing cost is kept in check. Your fear will reassure you that you don’t n... | {
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Inhaling Fibers from Bedsheets - dwgetjg
I have dark navy cotton bedsheets and over the past year I've noticed that the sheets "pill" or "shed" small fibers. These look like the typical tiny little microfibers that make up the dust everywhere indoors.<p>Recently I noticed that they leave resid... | {
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An electric power plant on the roof of your car? - yiransheng
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-triboelectric-generator-on-a-car-20140920-story.html
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hackemews
"charge a 1,000-microfarad capacity to 30 volts in 25 minutes" == 0.0003
watts, tiny even by energy harvesting standards.
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A Step by Step Backpropagation Example - shawndumas
http://mattmazur.com/2015/03/17/a-step-by-step-backpropagation-example/
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discardorama
Every such example stops at vanilla backprop.
What I'd like to see (and which I think would be a lot more challenging) is:
BPTT for a recurrent network. BP for an LSTM or GRU... | {
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CoinJar relocates to UK to avoid Australian Bitcoin sales tax - nreece
https://support.coinjar.com/hc/en-us/articles/202504025-UK-Relocation
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butwhy
Charging GST is ridiculous. They've made the right decision.
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Mr. Benioff, Tear Down That Wall - senthil_rajasek
http://blogs.zoho.com/uncategorized/mr-benioff-tear-down-that-wall/
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sutro
Keep up the great work, Sridhar Vembu. Many of us are rooting for you and
Zoho. Your example of a bootstrapped startup successfully taking on the
largest players in the industry is ins... | {
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Twitter Deletes Tweet about Censorship on Twitter After Retweet by President - not_a_moth
https://twitter.com/michellemalkin/status/1261692841136287745
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djohnston
There is no good solution to the disemination of harmful information in a free
society other than education. America barely has that, and I don't see ... | {
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Ask HN: How much money should I save up before quitting my job? - trynabootstrap
My cofounder and I have done data science / engineering work for various large companies. We have a startup idea in this space that we've fleshed out over the past six months while working at our jobs.<p>I have roughly $50,000 o... | {
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Moxie Marlinspike Makes Encryption for Everyone - pje
http://www.popsci.com/moxie-marlinspike-makes-encryption-for-everyone
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blablablaat
Not for people who don't want Google on their device.
He only wants distribution via Google, and even went as far to demand that
free/libre Play-alternative F-droid removed th... | {
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CQRS and Event Sourcing Intro for Developers - witek1902
https://altkomsoftware.pl/en/blog/cqrs-event-sourcing/
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tekmaven
I've worked on CQRS / ES microservices at scale and have seen how successful
they can be at reliability, scalability and performance.
I don't think people are qualified to reject this patter... | {
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Are We Living in a Computer Simulation? Let’s Not Find Out - furcyd
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/10/opinion/sunday/are-we-living-in-a-computer-simulation-lets-not-find-out.html
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neilv
> _if our universe has been created by an advanced civilization for research
> purposes, then it is reasonable to assume that ... | {
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Why Apple’s new CPU Is So Important - r11t
http://hivelogic.com/articles/system-on-a-chip-why-apples-new-cpu-is-so-important/
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ZeroGravitas
This seems to be becoming a meme and as far as I can tell it's based on total
ignorance.
It's just an ARM chip or SOC. They're everywhere and have been for a while,
and the... | {
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What does the HN community think of ITIL? - ChristianMarks
Am I alone in regarding ITIL as mind-numbingly boring and platitudinous?
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maxdemarzi
I think there should be a <http://fixing-it-motherfucker.com> in the vain of
<http://programming-motherfucker.com>
"Are you strategically servicing that equipment?" N... | {
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Rackspace acquires Jungledisk - azsromej
http://blog.jungledisk.com/2008/10/22/jungle-disk-announcement/
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callmeed
Now this one is interesting ... mainly because JD is designed to work with
S3–which is clearly a competitor to Rackspace now.
I wonder how RS plans to change JD in the future.
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azsromej
They'... | {
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Typeform form data breached - nickplace
From their email:<p>What happened?<p>We identified the breach at 14:00 CET on June 27th, and remedied the apparent cause of the breach at 14:30 CET on June 27th.
We have since been performing a full forensic investigation of the incident to be certain that this cannot happen a... | {
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HireFire - The Heroku Worker Manager - meskyanichi
https://github.com/meskyanichi/hirefire
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KarlFreeman
Very handy. Was looking at using <http://www.simpleworker.com/> as an
alternative to the uncost effective Heroku DJ's but hopefully HireFire will
sway me back to using Heroku.
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meskyanichi
Hey. I was act... | {
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Setting Up a Jail to Safely Execute Code - michaelm244
http://www.mattheakis.com/blog/view.php?name=setting_up_a_jail_to_safely_execute_code
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anigbrowl
Jail == place of execution? That's not the sort of ideological freight that I
care to bring into my IDE. I'm sure you didn't mean it this way, but it comes
off... | {
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Comparison of 10 ACME / Let's Encrypt Clients - metachris
https://www.metachris.com/2015/12/comparison-of-10-acme-lets-encrypt-clients/
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diafygi
Thanks for the writeup! Two points:
1\. letsencrypt-nosudo isn't deprecated. I still will make updates to it as
needed.
2\. You can add a "|| exit" after the "> signe... | {
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14% of U.S. Adults Can't Read (63% of Prison Inmates) - crocus
http://www.livescience.com/culture/090110-illiterate-adults.html
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drcode
Of course, the headline is misleading- It should read "14% of U.S. Adults Lack
Basic Prose Literacy Skills"
Even then, I had a hard time finding meaningful info on exactly wh... | {
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Google reveals statistics on government requests of its data - michaelfairley
http://www.google.com/governmentrequests/
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tseabrooks
Clicking on China is interesting. I had no idea the Chinese government
considered these things to be 'state secrets'. The data Google posted here
isn't even information on what _e... | {
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Ask HN: Small Business Loan VS Angel/VC - 619Cloud
I am looking for some capital to allow me to quit my 9-5 job, and work on my startup full time.<p>I know most tech startups these days are going with angels, super-angels, and VC funding. It kinda-seems like every tech startup these days is drinking the angel/VC koo... | {
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How Game Apps That Captivate Kids Have Been Collecting Their Data - johnny313
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/09/12/technology/kids-apps-data-privacy-google-twitter.html
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patja
I teach coding and robotics to kids age 10 - 14. I'm constantly having to tell
them to fill in the birthdate field accurately w... | {
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Linux-insides: Linux kernel load address randomization - 0xAX
https://github.com/0xAX/linux-insides/blob/master/Booting/linux-bootstrap-6.md
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PyComfy
[https://thehackernews.com/2017/02/bypass-aslr-browser-
javasc...](https://thehackernews.com/2017/02/bypass-aslr-browser-
javascript.html)
[http://www.cs.vu.nl/~h... | {
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Google Acquires Meebo - malachismith
http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/4/3063548/google-to-acquire-meebo
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Rudism
I really hope that when Google finally merges chat functionality between its
various platforms (gtalk, g+, and so on) that they stick with XMPP and keep
the jabber compatibility going.
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Welcome to Earth View - rolux
https://earthview.withgoogle.com
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rolux
Didn't find the "Download All" option... but this should do:
import json
import os
import re
import requests
url = 'https://earthview.withgoogle.com/%s'
def get_data(slug=N... | {
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Ask HN: What are the worst instructions you've ever read? - elil17
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rzzzwilson
I haven't directly read these instructions myself, but I do like this quote
from "Most Secret War" by R.V. Jones:
they [the Royal Aircraft Establishment] had at one stage changed the method of
packing bombs into crates, with the resul... | {
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Focus versus Goals : An aspiring mimimalist's dilemma - okal
http://okal.tumblr.com/post/10650651699/focus-versus-goals-an-aspiring-minimalists-dilemma
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kiba
Does anybody knows the efficacy of the pomodoro technique in a scientific
context? It's one thing to proclaim that it help you overcome arisaka, it's
ano... | {
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Fast CNN Tuning with AWS GPU Instances and SigOpt - Zephyr314
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/ai/fast-cnn-tuning-with-aws-gpu-instances-and-sigopt/
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Zephyr314
I'm one of the co-authors of this post and co-founders of SigOpt (YC W15). I'm
happy to answer any questions about the post. You can find the code to
replica... | {
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Why running the White House Web site on Drupal is a political disaster - dionidium
http://slate.com/id/2233719
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superchink
This article is nothing more than weakly supported anti-Drupal propaganda.
Don't waste your time. It's almost as if an editor asked the writer for a
piece to counter all the positive press... | {
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The Problem With Tabbed Interfaces - jory
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000946.html
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rms
The problem is that modern GUIs have sets of tabs and a taskbar or dock or
window menu instead of a better global task manager.
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dood
He really should have tried Opera before writing this post.
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Ask HN: What is your hardware side project? - exxybebbi
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stevekemp
Building a small computer, powered by a Z80 processor.
Currently I'm in the state where I have a Z80 CPU hooked up to an Arduino
(mega). The software running on the Arduino fakes RAM and hardware I/O so I
can write simple programs in Z80 assembly... | {
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FreeBSD/EC2 on C5 instances - dantiberian
http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2017-11-17-FreeBSD-EC2-C5-instances.html
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STRML
While the new C5 instances are certainly welcome - I've been hoping for their
release since their announcement in November _2016_ (and they were already
late for Skylake at that point) - we h... | {
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Snowdrift.coop: Funding for free projects - signa11
http://lwn.net/Articles/625051/
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yzzxy
Looks like a lot of the same ideas behind the Internet Archive, but focused on
asset creation rather then preservation.
I also like to see more people moving into the Patreon-style market - Patreon
has probably figured ... | {
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Show HN: PJON v8.2 is out - gioscarab
https://github.com/gioblu/PJON/releases/tag/8.2
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gioscarab
It was quite a work :) what do you think about it?
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How Skype gets round firewalls - known
http://www.h-online.com/security/features/print/82481
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mustpax
The term firewall has been completely diluted. If the same thing had happened
to anti-virus software we'd be calling file extension based blockers anti-
virus agents.
Now, Skype's technique is quite interesting... | {
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A game engine for building online adaptations of board and card games - SunTzu55
http://news.dice.com/2014/08/06/sourceforge-interview-new-game-engine/
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MisterBastahrd
The problem with Vassal and other engines like this is that they focus all of
their flexibility of solving the problem of playing a game, and vir... | {
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Wikimedia Sweden art map 'violated copyright' - chippy
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35969734
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pklausler
Basically, this ruling makes it dangerous to post exterior photographs on the
web for free public access, at least in Sweden.
So where's the boundary of acceptability, then? Can one publish a book of
ph... | {
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How I built a Hacker News client with Angular 2 - MrAwesomeSauce
http://houssein.me/angular2-hacker-news
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daveroberts
There are some other issues for users trying to follow along. I hit my next
snag from moment.js not being imported, and not having the filters domain,
amFromUnix and amTimeAgo not being found. I ... | {
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A Googler’s Critique of Google Performance Reviews - smalter
http://blog.idonethis.com/google-performance-reviews/
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Smudge
The issue I have with ranking/review systems is that, more often than not,
they become self-fulfilling prophecies.
A negative mark will change the way a manager perceives an employee. The... | {
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Trump announces tariffs: 25% on steel and 10% on aluminum - enraged_camel
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/02/28/white-house-planning-major-announcement-thursday-on-steel-and-aluminum-imports/?utm_term=.6492ddc58040
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Zimahl
Two, maybe three, decades too late for aluminum. I don't think there ... | {
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The Monster Truck Madness 2 website has been taken down - fuzzix
http://www.microsoft.com/games/monster/?hn
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NamTaf
Way to go HN this is why we can't have fun things.
(C'mon MS don't be jerks, be proud of your history and leave that up!)
Edit: in fact, want to sell Windows' awesome backwards-compatibility? Mak... | {
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Clib: Package manager for C - petercooper
https://github.com/clibs/clib
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pmahoney
Nice, but can anything challenge the "every language gets its own unique
package manager"? (And own unique build system for that matter).
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StefanKarpinski
There is a natural break between system-level package management and lan... | {
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ASK: which noDB blogging framework should I use? - camillomiller
I'm planning on starting a new personal blog that would become a hub of my projects and interests.
I work with wordpress everyday and I know that's not the over-stuffed platform I want to use.
I'd like something that I can style quickl... | {
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Our Minds Have Been Hijacked by Our Phones - johnny313
https://www.wired.com/story/our-minds-have-been-hijacked-by-our-phones-tristan-harris-wants-to-rescue-them/?src=longreads
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nessup
I've been following Tristan Harris's work since he released Time Well Spent. I
think he has a legitimate complaint, but his prop... | {
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Nokia phones sent identifiable data to Chinese server - henriklied
https://nrkbeta.no/2019/03/21/norske-telefoner-sendte-personopplysninger-til-kina/
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dang
We have nothing whatsoever against Norwegian, but HN is an English-language
site, so this is off topic here.
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henriklied
Understood. Google Translate doe... | {
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Turning my website into a business - hoopcoach
Looking for a little advice in regard to turning my website into a full fledged business. I currently run HoopCoach.org out of my office at the high school where I work. I initially started the site as a way to meet college coaches in an effort to make the jump from hig... | {
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I made a dating app about going out to restaurants and everyone hated it - shigye
I made an app called Dine. It's available only for iPhone for now. Dine is a dating app focused on setting up the first date and meeting over food and drinks at the best restaurants and bars near you.<p>When we launched 6 months ago... | {
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How to play the guitar by ear, for mathematicians and physicists (2000) [pdf] - lelf
http://www.foundationwebsite.org/Guitar.pdf
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jng
I have been a software developer for 35 years (started learning in 1985, I've
accomplished several pretty successful things in this time), and it's also
taken me over three decade... | {
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How My VP, Sales Doubled Our Sales in 90 Days - jmngomes
http://saastr.com/2013/10/23/how-my-vp-sales-doubled-our-sales-in-90-days-no-it-wasnt-magic/
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nickler
Great post. Managers are undervalued in startup culture, but so crucial in
certain instances, like sales.
I read a great study 10 years ago that talked... | {
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Planktos: Serving Websites Peer-To-Peer in the Browser - georgeaf99
https://xuset.github.io/planktos/
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georgeaf99
Hey all, I'm one of the creators of this project. I would love to get some
feedback or answer any questions y'all might have!
| {
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Show HN: Listomp - Share Lists between Friends and Devices (e.g. grocery lists) - mopatches
My girlfriend and I had been unable to find a grocery list tracker that works easily on WinPhone/iPhone/Android as well as on our PCs - especially one that didn't have some over-complicated sharing flow. So I made one.<p>It's... | {
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Ask HN: How do you pick your investments? What tools do you use? - tinuviel
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wpmoradi
If you are talking about equities:
Very simple trick when investing in stocks. Look for companies with great
management. The better the management the more confident you can be of them
making similar decisions that lead them to... | {
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28 Signs That The West Coast Is Being Absolutely Fried - kumarski
http://www.activistpost.com/2013/10/28-signs-that-west-coast-is-being.html
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rossjudson
A giant pile of anecdotal bullshit. Feel free to share actual measurements of
'coastal water radiation'.
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kumarski
How did this article become remotely... | {
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Money wins Elections - eevilspock
http://letsfreecongress.org/
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En_gr_Student
No politician is going to vote for this. They will be voting against their
buyers. This means that next election, their campaigns don't get funded.
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novia
I tried to sign but a security issue with the site prevented it.
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... | {
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How the hell have you done it? (1961) - merrier
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2018/12/how-hell-have-you-done-it.html
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dreamcompiler
Western Skies Hotel. Wow. That place was quite an Albuquerque landmark in the
60s. It was one of the nicer hotels on Route 66 and many celebrities stayed
there including JFK. After I... | {
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Jitsi: Open-Source Video Conferencing - reimertz
https://jitsi.org/
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me_bx
Every year, the Jitsi team gathers at FOSDEM, the Free and Open Source
Developers European Meeting, and there are presentations about some technical
aspects of the project.
They are very lively, and do useful work.
This year, there will... | {
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Canadian government introduces ACTA compliance bill - jhack
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6796/125/
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purephase
I (naively) hoped that this wouldn't re-surface but now that it has, I'm not
surprised. Harper and Co. are steadfast in toadying up to Washington and Co.
and seem to not only disregard the n... | {
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Things You Drink Can Be Used To Track You - aj
http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/07/01/1815204/Things-You-Drink-Can-Be-Used-To-Track-You
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kevinelliott
Yeah, except that I know a lot of people that drink bottled water. Some of
that stuff is supposedly from other countries, and others are made from the
bottler'... | {
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A man owns the most advanced private air force after buying 46 F/A-18s - antman
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/32869/this-man-owns-the-worlds-most-advanced-private-air-force-after-buying-46-f-a-18-hornets
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blakesterz
His company buys these things and then has a contract with the Navy for when
they do trai... | {
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The Invasion of Giant Pythons Threatening Florida - 80mph
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/snakes-ate-florida-180972534/
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Merrill
I was involved in management of a small natural preserve. One of the
activities was to control some of the more pestilential invasive species, such
as Oriental bitterswee... | {
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In Pursuit of the “Real” Chateaubriand - apollinaire
https://publicdomainreview.org/2019/10/09/our-masterpiece-is-the-private-life-in-pursuit-of-the-real-chateaubriand/
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pmoriarty
A disappointing essay which barely mentions Chauteaubriand's writing and
dismisses it in a few words as "high-flown and formal". Yet ... | {
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How to Create Your Own Customized Ubuntu Live CD - samratjp
http://lifehacker.com/5588211/how-to-create-your-own-customized-ubuntu-live-cd
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kaens
I had started tackling something like this for Ubuntu ISOs a while ago, I had
major problems keeping livecd isos < 700mb when adding anything. DVDs, fine,
but there wa... | {
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Color Pencils Reviewed - dbrush
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-02-11-n78.html
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sanj
How can you look at this without thinking about Spidey?
<http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0913/>
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jamesbritt
Reminds me of this: <http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3QR3AC2WXWHIT/>
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cstejerean
Absolutely... | {
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HS journalists investigated a principal's credentials. Days later, she resigned - pavel_lishin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/04/05/these-high-school-journalists-investigated-a-new-principals-credentials-days-later-she-resigned/?tid=sm_fb&utm_term=.1c034d93426d
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MwPsMltYGZFWWE
“The kids ... | {
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Refactoring with go fmt - spf13
http://spf13.com/post/go-fmt
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simias
As a C coder I really wish it had a standard syntax and a similar tool to deal
with that. Dealing with proper style is a constant headache among a team. And
I always feel like a "coding style nazi" when I bother other people to tell
them "you... | {
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Quitting cigarettes increases diabetes risk - prat
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18337-quitting-cigarettes-increases-diabetes-risk.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
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njn
and drinking coffee and tea decrease the risk of diabetes, possibly?
[http://www.wiredprnews.com/2009/12/16/coffee-may-decrease-
... | {
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Ask HN: Time to give up on Qt? - metaxyy
I'm about to start on a cross-platform desktop app, and I'm trying to choose a GUI toolkit. I was originally planning to use Qt, because it looks great right out of the box, and the API is nice and simple.<p>With Nokia kicking Qt to the curb, should we all be moving to wxWidg... | {
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Buy a bracelet – plant a tree Arbo bracelet - pajke
https://indwww.indiegogo.com/projects/buy-a-bracelet-plant-a-tree-arbo-bracelet#/
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pajke
For every bracelet purchased, one tree will be planted in your name!
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Protein synthesis: an epic on the cellular level (video) - eru
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9dhO0iCLww
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eru
Please flag my submission if you think it is too 'reddit'.
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Redesigned GNU C Library manual - elmerland
http://elmerland.com/gnu_manual.html
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hurin
It really doesn't work for me. Here is why:
A big part of manuals is being able to read or scroll fluidly into the next or
previous section - very often one doesn't know whether what they are looking
for is mentioned in 1.3.... | {
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Rebuilding the pitch deck for the Pocket - larkinrichards
http://reillybrennan.com/post/45738875908/comrades-edward-aten-on-rebuilding-the-pitch-deck-for
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pkfrank
This is terrific, and definitely a compelling way to intro an idea, business,
concept, etc. on a mobile device. The tapping interaction is great, an... | {
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} |
Don't Come to the Dark Side - Tomte
http://www.dau.mil/pubscats/ATL%20Docs/Sep-Oct11/Ward.pdf
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durzagott
While I enjoyed this article, it feels like the author has setup a strawman
specifically so he could tear it down. I've never heard anyone say they wish
they could have Darth Vader as a PM.
Also, at what poi... | {
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What Happens When It’s Google/Android Vs. Amazon/Android? - ssclafani
http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/17/google-versus-amazon-android/
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guelo
This article fails by not mentioning all the Google Apps that Amazon would
have to replace. They have a Market replacement but they would also have to
have replacements for ... | {
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} |
Potato Salad Kickstarter Campaign Raises Over $53,000 - lucylu
http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngreathouse/2014/07/08/potato-salad-kickstarter-campaign-raises-over-41000/
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FatalLogic
Currently at $44,000. Probably a typo in the title? Though a few suspect
pledges have been removed, or cancelled, I think.
[http... | {
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How much would $1.50 in 1945 be worth today? - wqfeng
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%241.50+1945+today
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jccooper
If you had $1.50 in 1945 and held it until today, you'd have $1.50. Problem
is, in 1945 it would have bought you lunch for a week, and today it would buy
you one miniature fast food hamburger.
... | {
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} |
Djata: A Django REST Data API App - tlrobinson
http://github.com/fastsoft/djata
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kordless
There's also Piston: <http://bitbucket.org/jespern/django-piston/wiki/Home>
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yesimahuman
From my first impressions this looks like another REST API that does the same
thing to every kind of model you have based on ... | {
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Ask HN: Review our iPhone App - quiQR - mtholking
quiQR is a real-time QR code scanner and creator for the iPhone. Try it out and let us know if you have any feedback. Thanks<p>http://bit.ly/quiQR<p>Here are 5 coupon codes for HN:<p>6YMTK7EA7A94<p>6H7K6KK9F6TX<p>E379TH3H669T<p>EWKEALET9JKY<p>943E4HJFTLNW
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mth... | {
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Elite security posse fostered founders of WhatsApp, Napster - happyscrappy
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/07/us-whatsapp-w00w-idUSBREA260KF20140307
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discardorama
Discussed previously:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7329789](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7329789)
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jmccree
An irc commu... | {
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Where did Apple flawlessness go? - nissek
http://nilskoerber.com/where-did-apple-flawlessness-go/
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stephengillie
It's still with Steve...
(RIP)
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Can These Glasses Help the Colorblind? We Put EnChroma to the Test - IgorPartola
http://gizmodo.com/can-these-glasses-help-the-colorblind-we-put-en-chroma-1739433668
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xacaxulu
Years ago I applied (and was accepted) to a special assignment in the US
Marines that required perfect vision including color vision. I t... | {
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} |
Survival of the loudest - haasted
http://www.management-issues.com/2009/3/20/research/survival-of-the-loudest.asp?mode=print
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mahmud
repost.
| {
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Show HN: Redis to Server-Sent Event bridge - bonkabonka
https://github.com/BonkaBonka/sseredis
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bonkabonka
This is my first project in Go so the code may not be very nice.
| {
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Sending SPF and DMARC passing mail as any Gmail or G Suite customer - djsumdog
https://ezh.es/blog/2020/08/the-confused-mailman-sending-spf-and-dmarc-passing-mail-as-any-gmail-or-g-suite-customer/
======
lucasjans
She reported this issue on April 3rd. Google marked it as a duplicate on April
21st, meaning someone else... | {
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} |
A Basic Just-In-Time Compiler - smcgivern
http://nullprogram.com/blog/2015/03/19/
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billyhoffman
I was so hoping this was a JIT compiler for BASIC...
~~~
andreiw
I was hoping for a JIT into BASIC...
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cardiffspaceman
This is not a just-in-time compiler, it's an ordinary compiler. JIT compilers
make judge... | {
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} |
Digital Psychology - venmul
https://digitalpsychology.io
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ergl
"A free library of psychological principles and examples for inspiration to
enhance the customer experience and connect with your users."
Translation: use pop psychology to manipulate your customers into spending
money and giving you personal inform... | {
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} |
The World’s Largest Battery to Power the Permian - protomyth
https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Renewable-Energy/The-Worlds-Largest-Battery-To-Power-The-Permian.html
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cconcepts
One full screen popup ad: annoying
Two full screen popup ads: tab closed, never visiting that domain again, back
to HN to warn the... | {
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} |
Why working the night shift can pose a cancer risk - sndean
http://news.mit.edu/2016/night-shift-cancer-risk-0728
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ascotan
Hmm. So people that live in Greenland/Sweden get more cancer because of the 24
hours of daytime-thing?
| {
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Dijkstra's review of Backus's FP Turing Award speech - omouse
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD06xx/EWD692.html
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omouse
Backus's paper covered functional programming. I'll dig it up if anyone's
interested (should be on ACM).
_The first impression that his functional programming style invi... | {
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} |
An Introduction to the Koka Programming Language - adgasf
https://koka-lang.github.io/koka/doc/kokaspec.html
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beeforpork
Super interesting, not only for semantics, but also for some syntax tweaks.
Like {} for lazy and () for eager. Nice!
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CISPA: Myths vs Facts [pdf] - badalyan
http://intelligence.house.gov/sites/intelligence.house.gov/files/images/041613cispamythfact.pdf
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gcb0
tl;dr:
"myth: true concern in a tin-foil-hat tone"
"fact: here are some quote with vague legalese from the bill"
if you really want the facts ... | {
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} |
How To Be A Billionaire - limist
http://www.forbes.com/2010/02/17/billionaire-wealth-how-leadership-careers-rein_print.html
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limist
Of course, the three points of advice in this article apply to building
ventures with less than 9 zeros too:
1\. Be able and willing to take calculated risks. 2\. Think creativel... | {
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} |
Project 10^100 - winanga
http://www.project10tothe100.com/
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dzlobin
This has been posted twenty times this week
| {
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The Largest Organism on Earth - zafka
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=strange-but-true-largest-organism-is-fungus
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pbhjpbhj
I thought it was the Pando grove of aspen that is claimed to share a common
root system, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_%28tree%29>, it's bigger by
volume and weight... | {
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} |
Show HN: Document search on Linux - zubairq
https://github.com/zubairq/visifile
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zubairq
Hi, I made VisiFile to be able to scan your Linux system for documents and
then allow you to search them and find related documents. It is open source,
built with:
\- A-Frame \- VueJS \- NodeJS \- Sqlite \- AlaSQL \- Expres... | {
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} |
Why software projects take longer than you think – a statistical model - mzl
https://erikbern.com/2019/04/15/why-software-projects-take-longer-than-you-think-a-statistical-model.html
======
afarrell
An important aspect of being a professional software engineer is having the
backbone to sometimes say things like:
\- “... | {
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} |
Apple is run like a huge startup (and the remote app was written by 1 guy) - bradgessler
http://sachin.posterous.com/apple-is-run-like-a-huge-startup
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larsberg
This article, like many others, seems to overestimate how large the actual
numbers of developers is at Microsoft, as opposed to full teams with Test an... | {
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} |
Show HN: Errorception - High performance JavaScript error tracking - rakeshpai
Just launched Errorception http://errorception.com/ yesterday. Errorception is a error tracking service which catches and reports in end-users' browsers as they happen.<p>I built Errorception since I couldn't didn't find any error reporti... | {
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} |
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